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lIIIIIIIIIIIII lll IIIIIlll ll IIIIIIll ;llllll IIItIm!! '"" -' OW8sa y WITH THE 6OORIJ (The Star wants photos of Gulf county mnci serving in the canned for;:e:. Picture, whi-, should be in uniform, will be returned.) FRANK LaGRANGE RUNS INTO GULF COUNTY MEN IN NEW HEBRIDES AREA Hospital Attendant First Class Frank La'Grange, stationed at a, .navy base hospital on one of the islands in the New Hebrides group in .the South Pacific, writes to his mother, Mrs. Gus Sempler, that he has run across Buck Walters, with the Marines; Francis Knight, with the Seabees, and Alfred Whidding, in the Navy, saying: "Buck's out- fit is about 15 miles from me and I don't get to see him very often, but he and I have agreed to come to each other's, camp when we have time off, which is very scarce for both of us these days. "I was eating chow the other day and a boy came up to me that. .I had never seen before and asked me where I was from. I told. him 'Florida,' and he said, 'Would it be St. Joe?' I told him yes, and, he said his name was Alfred Whid- ding and, had seen me when I was working in the market at the Ken- ney Mercantile Co. So you see, as small a town as Port St. Joe is, it is pretty well represented, on a small island like, this." Mrs. Sempler subscribed for The Star to be sent to Frank and also brought in his photograph, which will appear in an early issue. Carl Soderberg At Athens, Ga. Naval Aviation Cadet Carl A. Soder'berg Jr., son of C. A. Soder-- berg of Highland View, has re- ported to the U. S. Navy, pre-flight school at Athens, Ga., for three months of intensive instruction in advanced ground school subjects. Upon completion of the course, he will be transferred' to a naval air station to begin progressive flight training preparatoy to joining a combat unit. Carl completed his preparatory training at Columbia. S. C., and was transferred to. Athens from the CAA war training service school at Coral Gables. A/S Paul Johnson Visits A/.S Paul K. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C' M. Johnson, left Sat- urday for Nashville, Tenn., to re- sume his training course' after a visit of five days here with his parents. Lois Crosby Is Visitor Miss Lois Crosby the first young woman from Port St. Joe to join the WAVEs, visited, here two days (Continued on Page 3) - INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAILING GIFTS TO ,MEN OVERSEAS The Army and Navy depart- ments have designated the period from September 15 to October 15 for the mailing of post-Christmas gifts to. Army personnel overseas. Gifts for Navy personnel overseas should' be mailed between Sep- tember 15 and, November 1. Gifts may be mailed before Sep- tember 15 or after October 15 only on presentation at the postoffice of a letter from the, man overseas requesting the article which is be- ing sent him. Parcels must not exceed present limitations of 5 pounds in weight or 15 inches in length. or 36 inches in length and girth com- ined. It is pointed" out 'that memberE of the armed .forces, are Uirnpy provided with foldd anci.&elotlhing, and the public is usged not to in- clude such matter in gift parcels. Perishable goods are barred. THE STAR The Home Newspaper of Northwest Florida's Future Industrial Center VOLUME VI PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1943 NUMBER 45 Anticipate 60,000 Florida, Fighters To Vote Next May' State,Now Has More Than 100.000 Men In Service Who Will Be Entitled to Cast Ballots According to Secretary of State R. A. Gray approximately. 60,000 o'f Florida's more than 100,000 mer,- now in military service will vote next M'ay along with home folks. Gray's estimate is based upon the percentage of the citizenry usually participating in elections. It will be no easy task getting the ballots to the battlefronts of the world, and the paper work will be tremendous, with each soldier, sailor, WAlC and, WAVE receiving an envelope containing three other nested envelopes to be opened be- fore the ballot itself finally Is reached. The government is supplying servicemen with postal cards for requesting -ballots, and many are now being.received' at the office of the secretary of state. Mr. Gray acknowledges these with the sug- gestion that the request be re- newed next February, so that ad- diresses may be brought up to date.. As the deadline for qualification of candidates is just 45 days be- fore the first primary, and ballots obviously can't be mailed until all aspirants for office are known, fast handling is imperative if ser- vicemen are to have the opportun- ityr to express themselves on gov- ernment back home. Gray is hopeful that the ballots can be placed in the mail on the day immediately following the end of qualifying. But even so, there'll be little time to get a ballot to the Solomon Islands and back, as to be counted, the ballot must be returned to the county by election day. Ceiling Prices Set On Some Clothing Members of Armed Forces May Apply for Ration Book 3 After August 15 Ceiling prices for women's and children's fall and winter outer. garments have been established atl levels equal to, or lower than, those prevailing last fall, C. G, Costin, chairman of the Gulf county war price and' rationing board, an- nounced yesterday. Fifteen new categories of garments also come under the regulation. The new types of garments in- clude toddler sizes (6 months to 4 years) for coats, suits, jackets. skirts and dresses, slacks ant( slack suits for all size ranges, and 'teen age girls', children's and tpddlers' blouses. Prices during the fall and win- ter of 1943-44 for the 31 categories existed in 1942. As for the 15 new categories, retail prices are ex- pected; to be lowdr than before is- suance of the amendment which became effective last Saturday- Members of .the armed forces I eligible for War Ration Book 3 will apily for their books between Augist ]5 and 31, said Costin. The special application form for militaryy personnel wiF be supplied by commanding officers. Pre-ad-i dressed, to the OPA mailing center at Chicago, the forms are to be complete and mailed, by August 31. : Pulpwood Gets "Chow" to Alaska .- .. a a.,ai$aIsIa ( aea- . (Official U. S. Signal Corps Photo) UNCLE SAM'S SOLDIERS EAT WELL wherever they go to fight -anywhere in the world. Most of their food is shipped in weather- proof containers made from pulpwood. Now that pulpAwood supplies are growing short, the Government asks farmers and woodsmen to cut more trees to make smokeless powder, rayon for parachutes, plastics for airplane parts, and containers for ammunition, rations and blood plasma. Here two Alaskan scouts "eat out", in the center of a pile of supplies, sharing their chow. Your trees will help to win the war! Star Enlists In Pulpwood Drive Designed to Relieve Shortage In Raw Material Necessary For War Supplies The Star has joined with other weekly and daily newspapers of he nation in a campaign to aid the government to help solve the serious pulpwood shortage situa- tion.- It is. the second time since Pearl Harbor that the nation's newspapers have been called, upon o overcome a serious war materiel shortage. Last fall it was the. scrap netal campaign when scores of steel mills faced shutdowns for ack. of vital materials. What the newspapers accomplished in thaL drive is history. The situation was (Continued o'n Page 4) WAVE RECRUITER ., .' -. Petty Officer Audrey L. Ather- ton of PensaccAa who is assist- ing with the WAVE recruiting drive in this area. She will be in "Port St. Joe in the near future, and young women interested In hearing about the WAVEs may make an appointment with Mrs. Lovie R. Coburn, volunteer re- cruiter, by phoning 146-J. Freeman Resigns As Chief of Police .. . :9 .- - City Commission Expected to Ap- point Successor At Meeting " Next Tuesday -Chief of Police M. 0. Freeman informed The, Star early Tuesday morning that he was resi0ninpg his Seabee Creech Tells of Life In Solomon Area Spends Much Time In Fox-Hole At Night, and Says Every Bug Either Stings or Bites Sea'bee Kenneth Creech, some, where in the 'Solomon Islands, Is getting to be, a regular South Pa- cific correspondent to The Star. All of his letters are interesting and give a vivid picture, of the life in that area. We. quote from a let- ter received: this, week by Mrs, Dan Brooks: "'I haven't heard from any of you folks in four weeks or more.. I'm sure .our mail will catch up with us soon.. We have moved several times sint we got over in this part of the, country. I was, 'going to send' yui a Jap skull, but the censor wouldn't let it pass. Am sending a few pods of red' pepper It grows wild on bushes up to four feet high and sure is hot. "This island; is a regular steam kettle. I smell like a plowhandi all the time. I haven't seen a news- paper for over two months, other than two or three copies of The Star I got. How's the fishing? We have plenty of water around us, but haven't had time to fish any as yet. "Seems a long 'time since I have seen a white woman. I was in a native village a few days ago. They are very friendly and lead a simple life.. A few have learned 6bme English 1c,.i -an-d--i. !Ja .--teated them very bad. If some of you can. buy me about a dozen cheap rings from the ten-cent store, I would appreciate it very much. These' na- tives are all crazy about rings. They have tattoo on their face and) arms and' rings in their ears. The ... .. .. children go naked and the men position with the city, effective e n p B o th and women wear a piece of cloth immediately, .and would take a po- or a grass skirt around their sition here with the Pure 1Oil com- d r waist. They don't keep very clean. pany. Quite a few have large sores on He did not give his reasons for Quite a few have large sores on resigning, but stated that he de- their .The. live in small sired to thank the citizens of Port houses made of bamboo and grow St. Joe and the members of the small patches of corn and sweet city commission for teir co-opera- potatoes. All of our equipment and city commission for their co-opera- f o st 'tion and' assistance during the food seems to be a mystery to time he has served as a police ot- them. They eat anything we give them, and it is funny to see them ficer here. Mr. Freeman ha-s served on the chew gum. local police force for five and a (Continued on Page 4) half years, two years of which he put in as chief. FRENCH GUNNERY Troy Jones at present is the only STUDENT IS BURIED local law enforcement officer on IN PANAMA CITY the job, since'Officer W. H. Had- son. terminated his services with The body of the French aerial the city as of August 1, although gunnery student who died last he remains on the. payrolll until week as the result of injuries sus- the fifteenth handling inoculation trained when the plane in which he of dogs. was training crashed into the Gulf It is expected that the city, com- off Beacon Hill, was laid to rest mission will appoint a. successor last Friday in a Panama City cem- to Chief Freeman at its regularly etery, 3000 miles from the mother scheduled meeting next Tuesday and the land he loved. night. He was training with the hope ----k- -- that he might return to Europe APALACHICOLA BRIDGE and fight to help restore freedom TO CLEAR ONE BARGE to France and then return to Brit- tainy and the mother he left. Lt. Col. Edwin L. Beriswell, Ex- A French Catholic chaplain came ecutive Assistant, U. S. Engineers, from Washington to conduct the states that the mooring dolphins service at the Tyndall Field chapel above and below the Apalachicola and military men of three nations, Northern railroad- bridge over the American, Dutch and French, paid Apalachicola river near Apalachi- their last respects to the 21-year- cola will not be replaced'. old French private. His name Is Tows will henceforth tIe up to being withheld because the Nazi the bank while taking the barges regime would use even the story through the bridge qoe barge at of *a burial in obtaining information a time. for .whfch to subject innocent. vic- The bridge was badly damaged times to, '"reprisals." several months ago when a heavy When the wair ends the body of barge struck it, and is still under the young Frenchman, will--beT-re- "'epair. turned, to his -native, 'and. N) t t s t E l MVIMRY BUY L N ITED O-TAT 9 9 sT; "S R B ONDS S ..D TAMPS THE STAR. PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA FAM T u - THE STAR Published Every Friday at Port St. Joe, Fla. by The Star Publishing Company W. S. SMITH, Editor Altered as Second-class matter December 10, 1937, at the Postoffice, Port St. Joe, Florida,, under Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Invariably Payable In Advance One Year........$2.00 Six Months......$1.00 Three Months..........65c -4 Telephone 51 l-- The spoken word is given scant attention; the priifted word is thoughttfUy weighed. The spoken word barely asslfts; the prt word thoroughly convinces. The spoen ) r ls fost; the printed word remain. Our Country Right or Wrong WHAT A BLOC DID Taxpayers in Georgia, Florida, Ohio and a total of 38 states now pay higher rates of in- come tax to the federal government than do Louisiana, Texas, Arizona and now Oregon and six other states. 'They enjoy this advantage by laws decree- ing that for taxation purposes, not spending purposes, a married man's income is half his and half his wife's. A $10,000 salary'in those States is two $5000 salaries. Because of the rising surtax rate, two $5000 incomes pay considerably less than one $10,000 salary. On I a $10,000 income the citizens of Texas, Okla- homa, California or any other "community property" state will be paying $364 less 'tax than his fellow citizen of the 38 states which have not resorted to the "community prop- erty" device. There were only nine such states until this year. Now Oregon, purely for tax-dodging purposes, has adopted the scheme. Well, you'd think, that's an easy graft to end. Just let congress put in the law a re- quirement for a single return. Surely 76 sen- ators from the 38 states discriminated against would be glad to serve their constituents in that way, and surely 20 senators from the tax escaping states could not outvote them. The thing was tried in congress. Would you believe it, the 20 senators, filibustering, put the 76 to rout. So the 10 states go on paying less tax and the 38 paying more, and we say in this country that the majority rules !-Atlanta Georgian. We understand that there were so many bathing beauties on the beach at Miami last Sunday that several of them got crowded into the ocean. Well, the war's coming a lot closer home to Georgians. We just captured Augusta.- Waycross (Ga.) Journal-Herald. "r- A pacifist is a gent that played by himself when he was a boy. WHITE CITY BRIDGE TO BE OUT FOR SOME TIME Last week The Star carried the announcement thai work of replae- ing'the, floating bridge across the canal, at White City had started. This was true, but ,by the time the paper was in the mail, U. S. en- gineers in charge of widening the waterway had halted the work un- til an 80-foot barge could be either Wuilt, borrowed; or stolen. It se- ni tlit it'will be neces- 4ary' to allon for an 80-foot open- ing,, and it is, expected that it will "e 's''ome time before a barge of that length can be built. It is un- derstood that the state road, de- parment is looking around, for a barge that length that it can rent. iSince the war began, nearly 100 new chemical and powder plants have been built in the U. S. Send The Star to your man in the service-only $1 tor a year. ** ** THIS COMMUNITY HAS A SPECIA FiS COMMUNITY is on the spot How the problem can be solved Mr. Donald M. Nelson, Chairman ofthe War Production Board, gave the key to the solution in the following statement: ,. "If every one of the more than 3,800,000 farmers in the 27 pulpwood producing states, were to devote 3 EXTRA days in 1943 to cutting pulpwood, we could overcome the threatened 2,500,000 cord shortage with wood to spare." Will you enlist for 3 EXTRA days? If you are now cutting pulpwood part time; if you have cut it in the past; or if you have never cut it but know how to use an axe and saw, will you pledge 3 EXTRA days (at regular pay) to meet Mr. Nelson's challenge? Fill in the coupon. Mail it to this newspaper and you will receive the pledge badge which identifies you as a Victory Pulpwood Cutter. This is a war. emergency. MniEi Eliqugu giggimn CHAIRMAN, NEWSPAPER PULPWOOD CAMPATB THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA " I pledge myself to work at least 3 EXTRA days during the balance of 1943 cutting pulpwood. Please send,. me, the campaign badge which this pledge entitles me to wear. Address. *r * I We are in a pulpwood growing section 'and there is now a pulp- wood shortage. The country needs vast quantities of pulpwood for explosives, rayon parachutes, gas mask filters, shipping containers and a thousand other uses yet some of the mills that make these things are actually shutting down for lack of wood. jThis is a desperate situation- aia war emergency. Something Must be done QUICKLYI And only we who live in the pulpwood cutting areas can do anything about it. This is OUR responsibility. ,. ..~ je i "Copyrighted Material C r Syndicated Content I Available from Commercial News Providers" ~ FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1943 SAR TWuA News^LPSAVi3 FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1943 DR. J. C. COE -DENTIST - Office Hours: 9 to 12 1 to 5 Sunday By Appointment Costin Building Phone 8 Dr.L. Chelgren OPTOMETRIST Eyes Glasses Tested Fitted OFFICE IN COSTIN BLDG. Open Fridays Only-9 a. m. to 6 p. m. PERMANENT OFFICE 120 Harrison Avenue, Panama City ALEA- SELTZER offem fast relief for Headache, Simple Neuralgia, "Morn- ing Afttt", Cold Distress. 0t0 Muscular Pains and l Ad Indigstion. s,'WAak yr Druggist- s CentS and 60 Centa No d- Got yo daily quota of Vitamin A cdD and B- A*AT (brand) Vitamin STablest. Zeonomi0-. irea silen.mietAt dLok r stote- T'S EASY TO CHANGE YOUR FUSES Follow These 3 Simple Steps KIWANIS HOLD MEET AT APALACHICOLA Thursday evening of last wee l members of the Kiwanis club and their wives, forty-strong, motored to Apalachicola for the regular ladies' night meeting and to enjoy a delicious seafood dinner. Object of the journey was to s h o w interested Apalachicolans how a Kiwanis club functioned, but unfortunately a junior chamber of commerce meeting was in progress and so the demonstration was wasted on the ocean breezes, of the Oyster Cityi. "Secretary Harry McKnight and" Alphabet Carter gave interesting talks. on Kiwanis and spontaneous effusions were had from other members and' their wives, includ- ing Tom Owens, Mrs. Gus Creech, Mrs. Alma Parker and Jim Bounds. There was nothing particularly outstanding about the meeting ex- cept that Hig Stone, Alphabet Car- ter, Welton Rothe and Doc Norton wore coats while the rest of the members were in their shirt sleeves and wishing that they could shed, their shirts. Coats! We PILOT CLUB MAKES HOME NURSING CLASS DAY ROOM DRAPES FOR COLORED FORMED The Port St. Joe Pilot club met _ Tuesday evening for its regular iMrs. Margaret H. Ewing, R. N., program meeting 6t the home of Miss Margaret Belin. In lieu of a who is conducting a Red Crosb program, all the girls participated course in home nursing here, hat in making curtains for the day organized a similar class for coi- room at Camp Gordlon Johnston, ored women at Kenney's Mill. The which is the club's main project-. for the month. There were seven members present and each mem- ber is to be responsible for a pair of curtains which were not com- pleted at the meeting. A delicious cold plate was served the club by Miller's drug store-, and the. members extend their ap- preciation to Gale Traxler for his co-operation. The next meeting of the club will be held August 24 at the home of Mrs. H. A. Drake. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SPEAKER AT ROTARY CLUB la s s mueets Tuesday mornings at the Union church. Officers of the class are Basiline Hewitt, president; Jessie Mae Thomas, vice president; Mabe. Harris, secretary-treasurear; Mar- gueite W'higam and Zella Grant, publicity; Lois Wilson and Georgia Mae Hudson, hospitality commit- tee; Emma Montgomery and Clary Evans, program committee; Carrie Warr and Hattie Mae Clement, monitors. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Gilbert ana daughter Diane of Baton Rouge,, T. A. Owens, county school su- La.. and Miss Norma Jean Lewis perintendent, was the speaker at the regular meeting of the Rotary club held Thursday noon of last week. He told of the school situa- don't understand- how they do it tion in Gulf county at the present in this hot weather, time and what plans, were being BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES R. F. Hailford, P~ator 9:46 a. m.-Sunlay S ?otoot. 11:00 a. m. Morig worship. Topic: "The Christian Home,." 7:00 p. m.-B. T. U. 8:00 p. m.-Eveaing worship. Topic: "The Mark of the Beast." EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services every' Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. METHODIST CHURCH Rev. 0. D. Langston. Pastor 9:45 a. m.-Church school. 11:00 a. m.-Morning worship. 6:30--Youth Fellowship. 7: 30--Evening worship. The Woman's society meets Monday at 3 p. m. First Tuesday after first Sunday, fffrial board meeting. - Wednesday, 7:30 p. m., prayer and Bible study. Choir practice. contemplated for post-war school activities. With the Colors >) (Continued from- Page 1) this week before going to Eliba, Ala., to see her mother. She has been in training at Cedar Falls, Iowa. Home On Furlough Ens. Carl N. Kelley, who has been stationed at the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville for some time, is home, on a brief furlough visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kelley, before leaving for an unknown destination. Lieut. Edd Brock Marries Lieut. Edid Lee Brock, son of ..Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Brock of W. wahitchka, was married on July 24 at San Antonio, Texas, to Miss Mildred Martin of Boston, Mass. of Mobile, Ala., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Howell this week. Coming 0 THEAT A Martin Theatre THEATRE OPENS SATURDAYS CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE LAST TIMES TODAY! 'FLYING TIGERS' SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 S BIG HITS 2 -Hit No. 1- PAGE THREE FDR da44: Originally we asked for 10 percent in bonds; now we need considerably more. to the Port St. Joe, Fla. - SUNDAY AT1:00Q P. M. E DAILY AT 2:46 P. M. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17 A Go to your fuse box. If cut-off switch is accessi- ble, pull it to turn off electricity. Then examine fuses. Unscrew the "burnt out" fuse. You can tell which one it is by the burned patch in the window on its top. Replace with same size fuse-they're mark e d. (Keep a supply of these from your dealer). Turn -on main switch. FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION Mrs. Steppie Porter of Apalachi-. cola visited here Weinesday and Johnny Weeks Visits Folks Thursday with her son and daugh- Pvt. Johnny Weeks, stationed at ters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Por- Camp Shely, Miss., visited re- ter and Mrs. Richard Porter. cently in Wewahitchka with hib cr Pt, parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Week. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Marc Jimmy Windham of Alexander Fleisohel, who are vacationing in City, Ala., was a visitor in Port St. Jacksonville, will be glad to know Joe last Monday looking up old that their small daughter, Lynn, is friends. recovering nicely after a serious f d *f attack of "strep" throat. W. T. Edwards-, J. L. Sharit ana E. Clay Lewis Jr., spent the week- Tommy Alsip of Pensacola was end at Edgewater Beach. Miss., oin the guest several days this week business. of Gene Wel'ington. f f ; r* Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smith of Pan- 'Mr. and. Mrs. S. L. Barke and a-ma City visited here Tuesday daughter Hazel spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bellows. visiting in Tallahassee. ft ' S! .Mrs. W. 0. Anderson is visiting .T. L. Sharit was a business visi- this week with friends and rela- tor in Tallahassee Wednesday. tives in Apalachicola. * : Be Sure to Hear i These Messages! 11:00 A. M. "THE CHRISTIAN HOME" 8:00 P. M. "THE MARK OF THE BEAST" DELIVERED BY Pastor R. F. Hallford A T Port St. Joe Baptist Church LOR'S DAY, AUGUST 15, 1943 *S^^ SS ^ iSO ^ ^e.eaaa.. Chapter 3 of Serial "Overland Mail" - HIT NO. 2- Chapter 12 of Serial "Perils of the Royal Mounted" WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18 SNAZI SPY OR RAF HERO? "SOUTH AMERICAN SPORTS" THURSDAY FRIDAY August 19 20 SUNDAY MONDAY August 15 16 A DOWN TO EARTH STORY NEWS EVENTS 0 A Sodetbs a CARTO"N NEWS FLASHES ShoT Mrs J Ledd "That'. Wh i Left Youe THE STAR, PORT ST. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA __ _?_____ Alabamians Enjoy Beach Here Don Ho,bbs of Troy, Ala., Wit- bur Finley of Goshen, Ala., and D. B. Hobbs of Birmingham, Ala., were guests several days last weex of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Creech. They took particular delight in our Gulf beaches, going fishing and crabbing each of the four days they were here. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Eells left yesterday on a business trip tao Tallahassee. They expect to return tomorrow. Most parents these days seem to be using the remote-control method in rearing children. ~IWIC~~ rr-r nrtT~ -~ ~.-~~r)ll~'. *A - loplwlqwqwq K S, CARRABELLE YOUTH TELLS OF DRIVE ON ATTU ISLAND IN OUSTING THE JAPANESE In a feature article in the Satur- day Evening Post of August 14 titled "Mad Dog Hunt On Attu," which describes vividly the hard- ships and' dangers encountered by our fighting men in wresting the island of Attu ,from the Japs, Pvt. Casper Alligood of Carrabelle, Fia., in telling of a last desperate drive by 600 Japs on an American camp at night, is quoted, as saying: "I got my shoes on the wrong feet, but there was no time to change them. The Japs were mill- ing around like crazy men. The whole bunch of them must have been full of 'sake.' Some of them were, yelling 'You kill, we kill!' As I headed for a foxhole, one. of our guys passed me wearing nothing but a pair of underdrawers. I sait 'Buddy, you'd better go back and get your pants.' But he wasn't in- terested. He said, 'The hell with the pants; if ..the Japs want them they can have them'." When the remaining Japs found they could not break through they pulled the pins from grenades and pressed them against their chests with both hands, blowing them- selves' to bits. A' Sergeant, who had been lob- bing grenades all day at the Japs, is quoted as, saying: "It maybe wasn't such a big 'battle as battles go nowadays, but, brother, every- thing about it was done in a big way, including the way them Japs knocked themselves off. Believe me, that was the biggest, awfules., damned mess I ever saw in my life.". STAR ENLISTS IN PULPWOOD DRIVE (Continuedl From Page 1) saved! with more than 6,000,000 tons of precious metal collected. Now it is the pulpwood campaign and it is equally serious, because hundreds of thousands of cords of the nation's pulpwood are requirect for war purposes. Pulpwood is the raw material which makes smoke- less powder, rayon for parachutes, plastics for airplane parts, shell and bomb casings and shipping containers for ammunition, food's, supplies, blood' plasma and, other necessities for our armed forces and our allies. The growing seriousness of pulp- wood shortages has prompted Don- ald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Boardi, to issue the following appeal to farmers: "If every one of the more than 2,800,000 farmers in the 27 pulp- wood producing states were to de- vote three extra days in 1943 to cutting pulpwood we could over- come the threatened shortage with wood, to spare. I urge every farmer to get in touch with his nearest department of agriculture repre- sentative, to find out whether he can be of service in the 'production of pulpwood." Pulpwoodi growers of Gulf county are urged to join this campaign by filling out the coupon on page two of this issue of The. Star and mail- ing it ix. -A farmer's wife says that if a girl wishes to solve permanently the problem of personal unemploy- ment, let her marry a farmer. CLASSIFIED ADS AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE FOR SALE-Two 1937 Fords. One with and one without tires. For cash only. St. Joe Lumber Cam- pany. 7-23tf MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL FORMS-Warranty Deeds, Mortgage Notes, Rent or Lease Contracts, Promfssory Notes, and Purchaser Agreements. We carry a stock of these blank forms, at all times. The Star. Phone 51. FISH BAIT Fresh, clean worms that are guaranteed to get the fish for you. See Eddie Beverly ai the Sheffield colored quarters. Down the Nets U. S. Marine Corps Photo Maneuvers on the beach at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, begin as U. S. Marines climb down Phe cargo nets from an Army trans- port into a landing boat. Soldiers crowd the transport's decks to watch the Leathernecks. NOTICE Turn right now to the Port the- 'ter advertisement and Fee if your name is in it. If so, you can call at The Star office and get a free pass to the Port. PORT ST. JOE KEN CREECH LIVING IN FOX-HOLE WITH JAPS, AND ASSORTED BUGS (Continued from page 1) "This life sure is getting tough. Have to get up several times diur- inng the night and go for the fox- holes on account of air raids. I have turned out to be a very fast runner. We have our own holes to go to. Mine, is pretty close to my cot, and I waste very little time getting into it. We have had several cases of skinned knees and hips getting into the holes. "Everything here that :-;i.- or crawls either bites or stings.'; : have turned as yellow as tallow` from taking malaria tablets. We lost two of our officers last week. "Trees, bushes and vines grow everywhere. The Japs dig in holes just like big rats, I saw tots of wounded brought over from an- ot'ri.r island a few days ago and it sure was a pitiful sight--the ones that were shell-shocked' looked like wild men. "I just got me. a stick and killed KEEP THEM ON THE JOB! Comfortable, well repaired work shoes are an aid to foot health. At the first sign of wear, have us repair! The LEADER SHOE SHOP JUST a scorpion on another boy's cot- they are 'most as thick as mosqui- toes here. A grasshopper got up my, pants leg the other day, and I almost had a runaway-I first thought it was a scorpion. I don't think a white man can stand this heat many months. I go to bed by dark every evening if I am not on guard, ,to get away from the'mos- quitoes and get some sleep before we have to head for our fox-holes. "I saw some prisoners that were 'brought to the island, and they were skin and bones. I think they stay in their holes until they are S1 *. t or pulled out. .'-11 our drinking water has 'chloride of lime in it and tastes pretty bad. I take, my canteen of water and tie it down in the creek ATTENTION You Can Still . BUILD REPAIR REROOF PAINT INSULATE Your Home Up to $200 ON EASY LOANS See Us For Estimate - We Do Millwork and Build Boats St. Joe Lumber Co. PHONE 69-J aMA M T mARK"'KET F .S H and that is as near cold water as we get to drink." Cheese is a concentrated food full of protein, calcium, fat and vitamins A and T32. TO SAFEGUARD YOUR HEALTH The purity and uniformity of the drugs and chemicals we use- in com- poundiug your physician's prescription are ;:iar Ied by "vhe vigilant chemists of Co:.t'r.. a ].,t.'ora:.er*s. Even during the m;i=.'ctue of a tinople pro;.-t a score or mere Clf e.a.,tlnrg fe-i )"for-:p-rity are mnad. '-hu;i, w:v comci.ncund prescriptions with il cornfldence in the reliability of the ingredien-t' your physicianprescribes. We use Merck Prescripfion Chemicalr" LeHardy Pharmacy We Fill Any Doctor's Prescription. Phone 5 Port St. Joe, -- Ulvv mom I OPENED FLORIDA AN UP-TO-DATE In Conjunction With Our Store, Located At St. Joe Lumber & Export Co. OPEN SUNDAY MORNINGS FROM 9 TO 11 WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF FRESH FISH AT ALL TIMES MULLET SNAPPER STEAKS SNAPPER GROUPER STEAKS GROUPER SNAPPER THROATS PAN FISH FRESH SHRIMP BLUE FISH SCALLOPS OYSTERS CRAB MEAT FRESH WATER CATFISH ALL DRESSED WHILE YOU WAIT WHEN YOUR MEAT STAMPS BEGIN TO RUN LOW (AND OTHER TIMES), WE INVITE YOU TO COME BY AND GET A REAL TREAT IN FISH THAT ARE FRESH AND PROPERLY DRESSED enney Mercantile Company - PHONE 136 - rP~aPnm~rPun~Llaa ~Bsa~r~s~ C1~,-,-~~--pisa---~- ~(~I~I~CI~B~i~~ ----LB~g~slpIP--- PAGE FOUR THE STAR, POKY'S T. JOE, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1943 |